LARKANA: The Pakistan Society of Neurology (PSN) has demanded that the federal and provincial governments launch projects to address the rising cases of paralysis in the country.

Speaking at a press conference at the press club here on Thursday, PSN chairman Prof Mohammad Wasay, along with Dr Bhojomal of the Aga Khan University, said 400 patients died of paralysis in Pakistan and 1,000 were inflicted on a daily basis in the country, which was quite alarming.

Prof Wasay, who is also the chairman of the public awareness and advocacy committee the World Federation of Neurology, said paralysis was on the rise and added that the occurrence of the disorder was quite higher in women as compared to men. He said that most of the time blood pressure shot up and led to paralysis. He proposed that the government establish permanent bodies at the centre and provincial level to effectively check the upward trend in the graph of paralysis in the country.

Published in Dawn, November 7th, 2014